Gilles Muller, on behalf of the players, presented Stephen Farrow, Tournament Director of the Aegon Championships, with the ATP World Tour 500 Tournament of the Year Award at The Queen’s Club on Wednesday afternoon. The honour is part of the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon. "It’s a huge privilege and pleasure to receive this award on behalf of everyone involved in the Aegon Championships," said Farrow. "We pride ourselves on being a player-friendly tournament, and we are delighted to have been recognised in this way by the players of the ATP World Tour." The Aegon Championships has received a Tournament of the Year award for a fourth straight season. It won at the ATP World Tour...
World No. 4 Novak Djokovic has accepted a wild card into the Aegon International Eastbourne, which begins on 23 June. It is the first time he has appeared at an ATP World Tour grass-court tournament since the 2010 Aegon Championships. The three-time former Wimbledon champion will lead the ATP World Tour 250 tournament field, which includes Gael Monfils, John Isner, Steve Johnson and two-time champion Feliciano Lopez. “This will be my first trip to Eastbourne, I have heard great things about the tournament,” said Djokovic. “I am looking forward to fine tuning my grass court game there ahead of Wimbledon.” Tournament director Gavin Fletcher said he was delighted to welcome Djokovic to Devonshire Park in Eastbourne. “The quality of the...
Tommy Haas is ready for one last run in Stuttgart. The 39-year-old German, who has said he will retire after this season, is making his seventh and final appearance at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart this week. Haas, who reached the final in 1999 when the tournament was played on clay, will be making his second appearance at the grass-court edition of the event. He fell in the second round in 2015, the first year the tournament had transitioned to grass. “I am very excited that my body is co-operating and I have the chance to play here one more time in Stuttgart,” Haas said on Monday. The right-hander is 4-8 so far this season but he has thrived on grass...
A rejuvenated Roger Federer is committing to a full schedule in the second half of the season, saying that he’s had enough of practice and is hoping to quickly recapture his stunning early-season form. Fresh off a two-month break to rest his 35-year-old body, Federer returns to the ATP World Tour this week at the grass-court MercedesCup in Stuttgart. “There are no more breaks now,” Federer told ATPWorldTour.com Monday. “I’ve had enough breaks. I'm a practice world champion now and that's not who I want to be. I want to be a champ on the match courts. So I'm going to be playing a regular schedule for the second part of the season... And this is the beginning here at...
